ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Elementary school students in Ann Arbor Public Schools can read the book “My Princess Boy”, described as “a mom’s story about a young boy who loves to dress up.”

These sorts of books have received a tremendous amount of scrutiny in other school districts across Michigan and some parents have pushed to have them taken out of libraries.

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Washtenaw County described “My Princess Boy” this way: “Illustrations and text describe a four-year-old boy who happily wears dresses, a princess tiara, and the color pink while he climbs trees and plays soccer, even though there are people who laugh and do not think that boys should wear dresses.”

Elementary school students also can read “Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution!” which is described as, “the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ+ history.”

At the high school level, books on gender included “Queer ducks (and other animals): the natural world of animal sexuality”; “Queer (injustice): the criminalization of LGBT people in the United States”; “Completely queer: the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia”; as well as the controversial graphic novel “Gender Queer”, which was banned in many public libraries.

The Ann Arbor Public Schools recently reported to the school district that it does “diversity audits.”

The Association for Library Service to Children described “diversity audits” in this manner:

“In a diversity audit, you evaluate an existing collection or service provided by your library to get hard numbers on how diverse your collection or service truly is. This can cover anything from seeing what percentage of your board books feature non-white characters, to how many LGBTQ+ titles are written by Own Voices authors, or evaluating the performers you’ve hired over the last year to see if they are representing diverse cultures.”

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